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Worldwide Escorted Bus Tours & River Cruises
Arizona, New Mexico & The Grand Canyon
The Southwest boasts wide open space and little populated areas, a desert lovers dream featuring unusual plants and animals including the giant Saguaro cactus growing tree like over 10 metres, or the Organ Pipe cacti, all treasures of the Sonoran Desert. Experience magnificent natural scenery including white gypsum sand dunes, million years old petrified forests and the mighty Grand Canyon. This region has a different cultural touch being home to the most diverse American cultures including Navajo, Hopi, Apache and many Pueblo Native Americans, which you will meet first hand. The architectural style of buildings, well represented in Santa Fe, is influenced by the 16th and 17th century Spanish conquest. New Mexico is famous for its missile range and outer space research which can be experienced at different locations.
Highlights:
- Arizona - Grand Canyon South Rim, Wupatki National Monument, Sunset Crater National Monument, Petrified Forest National Monument, Route 66, Meteor Crater, Cameron Trading Post, Phoenix, Ajo, Organ Pipe National Monument, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, Silver City, Saguaro National Park, Chiricahua National Monument, Tombstone, Oak Creek Canyon, Phoenix Botanical Gardens
- New Mexico - Santa Fe, Las Cruces, City of Rocks State Park, Old Mesilla, White Sands National Monument, White Sands Missile Range Museum, New Mexico Museum of Space History, Elephant Butte Lake, Truth or Consequences, Historic Fort Craig, El Camino Real International Heritage Center, Del Apache National Wildlife Preserve, Sandia Mountains Aerial Tramway, Albuquerque, Kasha Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, Acoma Sky City Pueblo
Itinerary:
| Day #1 |
Phoenix |
| Day #2 |
Phoenix – Phoenix Botanical Gardens - Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - Gila Bend - Ajo |
| Day #3 |
Organ Pipe National Monument – San Xavier Mission - Tucson |
| Day #4 |
Biosphere 2 - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum - Saguaro National Park |
| Day #5 |
Historic Tombstone – Chiricahua National Monument – Wilcox |
| Day #6 |
Amerind, Dragoon - Silver City - City of Rocks State Park - Las Cruces |
| Day #7 |
White Sands Missile Range -New Mexico Museum of Space History – White Sands National Monument |
| Day #8 |
Old Mesilla - Elephant Butte Lake – Truth or Consequences |
| Day #9 |
Fort Craig – El Camino Real Int. Heritage Center - Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Preserve – Albuquerque Sandia Peak Tramway - Santa Fe |
| Day #10 |
Santa Fe |
| Day #11 |
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks N.M.- Acoma Sky City – Route 66 - Holbrook |
| Day #12 |
Petrified Forest National Park – Meteor Crater - Cameron |
| Day #13 |
Grand Canyon South Rim - Cameron |
| Day #14 |
Wupatki N.M. – Sunset Crater N.M. – Oak Creek Canyon – Sedona - Phoenix |
| Day #15 |
Phoenix |
Hotels:
Hotel (13 Nights), Log Cabin (1 Night)
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Pricing Options:
There are only 9 spaces available on this tour. | Depart US | Land-Only | Availability |
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| 04/02/2011 | $1,985.00 | 5+ | | 04/30/2011 | $1,985.00 | 5+ |
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